:used for interaction. In your example, the lm(y ~ x : z)formula means that "y depends on the effect of the interaction between xand z.
, , x z. x * z x + x:z + z.
AFAIK, | lm. , , demo("lm.glm", "stats"). nlme.
?intervals.lme:
model <- lme(distance ~ age, Orthodont, random = ~ age | Subject)
ranef(model)
| "group by". . ( ranef(model), , ().)